Doesn't she realise the arrogant and evasive way she handled that grubby debacle has made us see her as a
self-aggrandising, self-interested woman who can't admit she's wrong about anything?
So often in this account under Nelsons' empowering baton woodwind solos, and especially those from Laurence Jackson's violin, evoked the wistfulness which lies at the heart of so many of Elgar's scores, and counterbalanced the roistering Gemutlichkeit of this tone-poem's more
self-aggrandising moments.
We watch it to enjoy the spectacle of arrogant fools failing their tasks miserably despite their bragging and
self-aggrandising posturing, before being put in their place by the indignant and constantly punning Lord Sugar.
He urged Greening to rebuff the overtures of '
self-aggrandising popstars and lobbying from self-interested groups'.
The book, The Third Man, is a
self-aggrandising attempt by the former Minister to overstate his role in the not-so great sweep of British political history from 1997 to 2010.
SINCE the band's debut, Up All Night, was released in 2004, frontman Johnny Borrell has gone from slightly-outspoken singer to seemingly
self-aggrandising egomaniac, but where to go now?
This is classic boy fantasy stuff, where you can mould a hero (or villain), complete with catchphrase,
self-aggrandising name and implausible back story.
I trust that NA will continue to embrace a wide range of contributions but exclude any
self-aggrandising drivel submitted by "sacrificial do-gooders".
Racist,
self-aggrandising scumbags deserve nothing more than to suffer through watching Hearts' recent form".
In response to his suggestion - yes, actually, I do have more faith in the "EU cartel", as he refers to them, than I do in Messrs Johnson, Fox, Davis and Gove etc., who have shown themselves to be duplicitous,
self-aggrandising and useless.
Get off, you nasty t***pot!" And then to add, with a flourish: "Get out, you smug,
self-aggrandising, pretentious, molesting t**dpipe!" Meanwhile, her hubby - almost as smug and
self-aggrandising as Dickens - was having more than a little difficulty with a young hospital volunteer called Florence Nightingale, who was brilliantly introduced to him by Dr Hendrick (Rupert Everett), the president of the hospital and physician to Royalty.
So for any politician to publicly reveal that they will be donating theirs to charity - as Labour leadership contenders Yvette Cooper (above), Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall have done - is not only
self-aggrandising and patronising, it also demeans colleagues who will rightly take it.
The deafening decibels of
self-aggrandising electoral battles will be replaced by wily politicalspeak as the challenge of actualising the election manifesto becomes unavoidable.
How much will he have to fawn over this gang of self-interested,
self-aggrandising general secretaries whose personal interests will always tower above those of Labour voters?
